The Revit 2012 API training material that we use for our ADN trainings is now available online to the general public from the Revit Developer Center. Here is a direct link to it, with no guarantee that it will remain valid in future.
It includes three subfolders:
- Labs
- Presentation
- Sample Drawing
These are the Powerpoint presentations used for the training:
- 0_Revit_Programming_Training_Class.pptx – Overview
- 1_Revit_API_Intro.pptx – Basics
- 2_Revit_UI_API.pptx – User Interface and Events
- 3_Revit_Family_API.pptx – Family API
The labs parallel the three main presentations:
- 1_Revit_API_Intro – Basics
- 2_Revit_UI_API – User Interface and Events
- 3_Revit_Family_API – Family API
Each of the three labs are provided in both C# and VB, and each also includes a set of documentation, exercise instructions, source code and Visual Studio solutions in the following subfolders:
- DocsCS
- DocsVB
- SourceCS
- SourceVB
The labs in the basic 1_Revit_API_Intro cover the Revit API fundamentals:
- Revit add-ins: external command and application, attributes, add-in manifest and object model
- Representation of Revit elements
- Element iteration, filtering and queries
- Element modification
- Model creation
These topics are split up into the following exercises:
- Lab1 – "Hello World"
- Lab2 – DB element
- Lab3 – element filtering
- Lab4 – element modification
- Lab5 – model creation
- Lab6 – extensible storage
- Lab7 – shared parameters
The topics covered by 2_Revit_UI_API include:
- Ribbon
- User Selection
- Task Dialogue
- Events
- Dynamic Model Update
Finally, 3_Revit_Family_API follows the same structure as we already presented when discussing the Revit Family API and the family creation API labs.
